Peter, Well, as long as we are bearing our sins, I must humbly admit that I have coded REXX to process the entire catalog structure based on LISTCAT output (then changed to CSI output) and then taken actions. The shame of it all. I have Ron F. to thank for showing me the error of my ways of trusting stats on open and/or corrupted files and leading me back to the path of right-stat-ness. <grin>
My problem is not having a narrow vision. Mine is having visions that are often too grand! :) The penance for both of us is to write "Invalid data is invalid data" ten thousand times. Under ISPF EDIT, it should take us roughly ten seconds. <vbg> Bob -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Farley, Peter x23353 Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 10:32 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IBM VSAM Statistics are often Bogus I never even envisioned automated tools looking at VSAM stats. My ASSumption when reading Mark's posts was that he was referring to individual programmers looking at individual VSAM file stats for guidance. My experience is obviously severely limited in this regard, as in my varied positions over the years the usual case was that all of the applications' datasets (including VSAM) were our (the application programmers') responsibility to feed and care for, and we never had thousands to contend with. As for my ASSumption on criticality, the normal performance variations (once a good initial design and shakeout was done) for an individual (set of) application file(s) were never that critical unless severe volume increases occurred. A parochial point of view, I must freely admit. I stand humbly corrected. My vision is obviously way too narrow. LEGAL DISCLAIMER The information transmitted is intended solely for the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of or taking action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you have received this email in error please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. Seeing Beyond Money is a service mark of SunTrust Banks, Inc. [ST:XCL] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
